The Canadian Press reported in May that
Canada’s federal government had pledged to
spend $C100 million to help clean up one of
Nova Scotia’s most polluted sites.

The effluent lagoons at Boat Harbour, near
the Pictou Landing First Nation, are contaminated
with millions of litres of treated waste
water from the nearby Northern Pulp paper
mill.

The money will be used to help restore the
lagoons to their natural state as a tidal estuary
that empties into the Northumberland Strait.

The plan is to remove contaminated soil and
sediment and deal with toxic materials that have
accumulated in the lagoons for more than 50
years, says the report.

Northern Pulp is legally bound to stop using
the treatment facility that pumps waste water
into the Boat Harbour lagoons by January 2020.
The parent company of Northern Pulp, Paper
Excellence, has said it will need more time to get
ready, but Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil
has insisted the deadline will not change.